Giveaway! Hangboard and Training Program
It's almost Halloween, and in honor of the holiday where strangers give out free stuff, we're going to give one of you loyal readers some free stuff of our own. In other words... we're doing our first giveaway! One person will get two of the best training resources available, and if you enter [...]
Bill Ramsey: Treadwall Training
Bill Ramsey is a philosophy professor at UNLV who has been climbing and training for climbing for nearly four decades. He has incorporated a treadwall into his climbing training on and off for at least 20 years and here, he shares his treadwall training tips. Thanks Bill! (Mike Call photo: Bill Ramsey on [...]
Catch a Hangboard Buzz- EveningSends
Is your hangboard sitting untouched and unused, collecting dust hanging above your doorway? Does even just thinking about doing a hangboard session make you bored? This article from eveningsends.com was written by Dan Mirsky about hangboard training, which, he admits, can be boring.... "The problem is, hangboarding is boring at [...]
How to Avoid Tendonitis from Climbing- Targeted Opposition
Tendonitis. It's an awful word. It's awfully painful to experience. Unfortunately, it's fairly common if you're a climber... "Like it or not, if you’re an avid climber, at some point you’ll feel that deep, dull ache in your elbows or shoulders, a sign of inflamed tendons. The constant tugging is [...]
How to Make Your Own Meal Plan- ClimbHealthy
Have you been wanting to make some changes to start eating better? Maybe you've been wishing you were better at actually making time to go grocery shopping and cook your own meals? But does the idea of meal planning seem daunting to you? Check out this article climber and dietician Aicacia [...]
How To Try Hard
This post was written by co-runner of TrainingBeta, Seth Lytton. Seth is a training fanatic, a strong rock climber, and he knows how to try hard. Here he shares the method he's developed for harnessing his "try hard". Enter Seth... Alright, so we all say it right? "TRY HARD. Come [...]
How to Stay Psyched- Rock and Ice
Are you having trouble staying psyched to climb? Or are you having a tough time motivating to train? This article from rockandice.com has some pointers for you on how to focus on climbing a little bit differently to regain your enthusiasm for it. For example: "Vary your sessions. A bit of [...]
5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Bouldering
Looking to improve your bouldering performance but not sure where to start or what to do? Neil Gresham, one of Britain's best known climbers, wrote this article from the ukclimbing.com site, giving a quick 5-point checklist for doing exactly that. He talks about: mental skills tactics the importance of variety training specifically [...]
Free Finger Strength Workout
Finger strength is possibly the most important aspect of training for climbing, whether you're gaining it by climbing or fingerboarding. It all adds up to being able to hold onto smaller holds for longer, which means you can climb harder routes and boulders. Using a fingerboard is definitely the most effective [...]
6 Tips to Make A Hangboard Session More Tolerable
As a person who's spent some long hours on a fingerboard, hangboard, or whatever you want to call it, I can tell you that it sort of sucks. Sometimes, depending on the day, it really sucks. By the way, "I" am Neely Quinn, the founder of TrainingBeta.com. You can read more about me [...]